📜 According to estimates from the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND), russia is preparing for a large-scale war with NATO, considering its relationship with the West as a systemic conflict and showing readiness to use force to achieve its goals.
Source: Bukvy
🗓️ BND believes that by the end of the current decade, by 2030, russia could be fully prepared for a “large-scale conventional war.”
🛡️ Lithuanian intelligence, for its part, notes that although russia is not yet ready to attack the entire Alliance, it may try to “test NATO” through military operations against one or several countries of the bloc to check the Alliance’s reaction.
✈️ Despite the full-scale war in Ukraine, russia’s air force and navy remain combat-ready, and if the conflict in Ukraine ends, russian troops could be redeployed to the borders of the Baltic countries.
🔫 According to the report, russia is actively replenishing its losses in the war against Ukraine, and its military-industrial complex is producing more weapons than necessary for the current war.
💰 Military spending in russia is increasing at record rates and is expected to reach 120 billion euros by 2025, which is 6% of the country’s GDP. The Kremlin also plans to increase the size of its army to 1.5 million people and increase the number of weapons and equipment at the NATO borders by 30%-50%.
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